By Heather Sadlemire You won’t walk through Target and see toy aisles labeled for boys or for girls. Celebrities are naming their daughters traditional male names, like James and Max. Gender stereotypes and marketing are considered rather passé. But, for whatever reason, there is one place where this is still […]
Politics/Community
Sorry, Not Everything You Dislike Is Fake News, But Questioning These Sources IS A Good Idea
We live in the information age. That means with the click of a button, entertainment, self-help, and news media is at our fingertips. This may sound like a great thing. And it is. Except for one little thing: Regardless of what we’ve been led to believe, not everything we read […]
Where the F**k Does Our Country Go from Here?
By Joanna McClanahan of Ramblin’ Mama Our country is broken right now. I hope that this is a point on which we can all agree. The divisions are deep and our wounds are raw. How did political divisiveness reach this level of animosity? When did we become so entrenched as […]
These Joe Biden Memes Will Make You Laugh and Give You Life
Over half of voters in the 2016 Presidential Election came away disappointed last Tuesday, with many crying out in fear and despair over the results. America has questions: Will Trump lead us into an economic shit storm wherein the middle class will have to bail out the banks a la […]
The Brilliant Way People Are Supporting Planned Parenthood To Spite Mike Pence
How would you like to stick it to The Man while helping women at the same time? That is exactly what people all over the country are doing, and the way they are doing it is as simple as it is brilliant. Donald Trump’s running mate and our vice president-elect […]
The 5 Stages of Grief of a Trump Presidential Win
By Michelle Riddell It’s election day. You’re pumped. You vote for the first woman to grace the top of the ticket. You actually read the instructions on your ballot because you don’t want to mess up and—God forbid—be the one who loses her the election. You slap your “I Voted” […]
I Thought I Was Woke. I Was Wrong.
I have been struggling with my feelings since the election. I honestly believed America was better than to elect a candidate who ran on a platform of racism, misogyny, and xenophobia. Never in my right mind did I imagine a fascist demagogue would make it to the highest office of […]
Hey, Electoral College: F**k Off
In 2000, I voted for George W Bush. He won the electoral college, but lost the popular vote. Sure, I was glad my candidate won, but even as a right wing 20-year-old, I recognized it was bullshit. It gave too much power to a few swing states (I’m looking at […]